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Insights for Estimating and Predicting Reservoir Sedimentation Using the RUSLE-SDR Approach: A Case of Darbandikhan Lake Basin, Iraq–Iran (2023)
Journal Article
Othman, A. A., Ali, S. S., Salar, S. G., Obaid, A. K., Al-Kakey, O., & Liesenberg, V. (2023). Insights for Estimating and Predicting Reservoir Sedimentation Using the RUSLE-SDR Approach: A Case of Darbandikhan Lake Basin, Iraq–Iran. Remote Sensing, 15(3), Article 697. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030697

Soil loss (SL) and its related sedimentation in mountainous areas affect the lifetime and functionality of dams. Darbandikhan Lake is one example of a dam lake in the Zagros region that was filled in late 1961. Since then, the lake has received a con... Read More about Insights for Estimating and Predicting Reservoir Sedimentation Using the RUSLE-SDR Approach: A Case of Darbandikhan Lake Basin, Iraq–Iran.

GIS-Based Modeling for Selection of Dam Sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq (2020)
Journal Article
Othman, A. A., Al-Maamar, A. F., Al-Manmi, D. A. M. A., Liesenberg, V., Hasan, S. E., Obaid, A. K., & Al-Quraishi, A. M. F. (2020). GIS-Based Modeling for Selection of Dam Sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(4), Article 244. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9040244

Iraq, a country in the Middle East, has suffered severe drought events in the past two decades due to a significant decrease in annual precipitation. Water storage by building dams can mitigate drought impacts and assure water supply. This study was... Read More about GIS-Based Modeling for Selection of Dam Sites in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.